Yolanda death toll continues to increase

ALMOST two months since super typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) ravaged Eastern Visayas, the number of casualties continues to rise, the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (NDRRMC) reported Tuesday.

In an interview, NDRRMC spokesperson Major Reynaldo Balido Jr. said the disaster agency continues to count the bodies being recovered in areas hit by Yolanda, considered as the worst cyclone to hit land last year.

"There might be some delays but once the report comes, we see to it that we update our records real time," he said.

The spokesperson clarified the earlier report that cadavers without death certificates were not being counted.

"Kahit 'yung mga katawan na un-identified kasama na agad sila sa bilang and the death certificates are not individual death certificates, it is in a list form," Balido said.

The identification group was composed of members from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), Philippine National Police Scene of the Crime Operatives (PNP-Soco) and the Department of Health (DOH).

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